Chain restaurants we miss

February 4, 2013 |By AUBREY COHEN

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Speaking of restaurants named after their founders, the Roy Rogers chain was once popular throughout the Northeast. But Roy Rogers didn't start the chain. Marriott Corp. did, choosing the actor as its namesake "because Roy personified the honest, wholesome image desired for the Roy Rogers brand, and the West's reputation for good beef and 'down home cooking,'" according to the corporate history.

Newkai/Wikimedia Commons

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Speaking of restaurants named after their founders, the Roy Rogers chain was once popular throughout the Northeast. But Roy Rogers didn't start the chain. Marriott Corp. did, choosing the actor as its namesake "because Roy personified the honest, wholesome image desired for the Roy Rogers brand, and the West's reputation for good beef and 'down home cooking,'" according to the corporate history.